The 2024 calendar year was an eventful one for Athletics particularly as it had the biggest event in the Paris 2024 Olympics. The global sporting event is incomplete without setting remarkable feats and records and Afrosport takes a lot some of the most noteworthy individuals and the moments that set them apart. Moments of the year Tebogo claims historic 200 metres Olympic gold Letsile Tebogo was...
Three Africans are in the race for the 2024 World Athletics Awards scheduled to be held in Monaco, France on December 1, Afrosport reports. Olympic 200m champion, Letsile Tebogo of Botswana, is in contention for the Men's Track Athlete of the Year, and has been shortlisted in the category alongside Olympic 500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway. Meanwhile, Kenya's long distance runner and world marathon record...
Ruth Chepngetich ensured it was an all-Kenyan affair in both the men’s and women’s races at the Chicago marathon on Sunday as the long-distance runner joined compatriot John Korir in claiming victory at the event. The 30-year-old smashed the women’s world record by almost two minutes, as she cruised to victory at the Chicago marathon in two hours, nine minutes and 56 seconds (2:09:56). Chepngetich shattered...
It was a wonderful outing for African athletes at the Valencia marathon over the weekend as Ethiopia's Amane Beriso and Kenyan debutant Kelvin Kiptum came out victorious. The African pair ran record-breaking times in one of the most anticipated events in marathon history, following a debut appearance for the 5000m, 10,000m and half-marathon World Record (WR) holder, Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey. Gidey ran the fastest-ever time for...
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